"The Search For Alexander the Great" 1981 Miniseries

[rinkrat]

I've been searching for a copy of "The Search for Alexander the Great" a TV miniseries that was aired back in the early 80s. It starred Nicholas Clay. I discovered this site (pothos.org) while trying to find/reasearch this production and am really enjoying reading the posts and information here. ATG has always fascinated me and it looks like I'll learn a lot more after I make my way around this site. But in the interim, if anyone knows if copies of this production are available please pass along the information. Thank you!

[Nicator]

A discussion on the whereabouts of this production was bandied about recently, and nobody seems able to locate a copy of it. What is the nature of your research, maybe we can help?Nicator

[rinkrat]

The nature of my research is simple - I saw this 20+ years ago and have a renewed interest in it on a personal level. Being new here, I didn't realize it was a topic of recent discussion, but it only makes sense. I was reading elsewhere that even Mr. Clay's family has been trying to get a copy of this production. If this is true, then we may never see it again! It's got to be somewhere, though, don't you think?

[rebecca]

Hi Gayla --I started a thread about this very topic back in July and unfortunately had no luck. The miniseries seems to have had a video release by Time-Life Video probably not long after it was shown, but has been out of print for years and years and doesn't seem to have been rerun anywhere since then. I did locate via Google what appeared to be library database listings for tapes of all four episodes, along with prices for copies ($150-$200 PER EPISODE) but haven't as yet been able to determine exactly *which* library the listings were for. Someone did suggest contacting the producers as well as the other actors who appeared...but like you, I read the post by the rep for Nicholas Clay's family at IMDb, and I figure if even they are unable to squeeze copies out of people associated with the production and are forced to seek them on message boards, I probably wouldn't have much luck, but maybe I'm just being defeatist. Another possible avenue to explore would be a video search service such as A Million and One World-Wide Videos, but I have avoided this thus far because I know people who have used such services and they can get quite pricey (which is also why I haven't further researched the library thing). It's my hope that just maybe, in what is sure to be a glut of Alexander-related programming surrounding the release of the upcoming films, some channel will dredge it up again. If I ever do locate it, I will not fail to post about it here. I envy people like you who have at least gotten to see it once!:-)

Rebecca

[rinkrat]

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply, Rebecca. I just know it's out there somewhere. I too will post any information I receive if I find that it makes an appearance. I remember so little about the series when I saw it, but I do remember that it made quite an impression on me. Thanks again.

[gahauser]

Nicolas Clay as Alexander? Growl! That I would like to see! He was gorgeous in Excalibur...Keep me in the loop for that one!GA
http://www.authorga.com